Mechanical Engineer, R&D

As Business Unit Automotive Solutions & Lamps we support our vision and strategy by expanding our leading position in the automotive lighting market in OEM and Aftermarket. We are in a global leadership position in the automotive lamps business in traditional and LED applications and offer industry leading products in LED lighting to global OEM customers (e.g. with exchangeable LED light sources). We also tackle new growth opportunities in the Aftermarket with our automotive care and equipment portfolio.

OSRAM SYLVANIA is a leading lighting manufacturer in North America and a worldwide leader in lighting solutions. Our Automotive Lighting division in North America is #1 in aftermarket retail and a key partner for OEM manufacturers. Our Hillsboro location is the North America Automotive Division Headquarters, which manufactures and distributes automotive lighting components worldwide.

The Mechanical Engineer will support automotive lighting product development, testing, and manufacturing engineering activities. This role offers hands-on experience in mechanical design, prototyping, validation testing, data analysis, and cross-functional engineering support in a manufacturing and R&D environment.

Responsibilities Include:

• Support the mechanical design and evaluation of automotive lighting products, components, housings, brackets, and assemblies.
• Create and revise 3D CAD models, engineering drawings, mechanical specifications, and bills of material.
• Apply geometric dimensioning and tolerancing (GD&T), tolerance-stack analysis, and design-for-manufacturing and assembly principles.
• Support material and process selection for molded plastics, stamped metal, die-cast, machined, sealed, and thermally managed components.
• Assist with prototype builds, fit and function assessments, dimensional inspection, and mechanical performance testing.
• Plan and conduct validation testing, including vibration, shock, thermal, environmental, ingress-protection, durability, and mechanical-load evaluations as applicable.
• Participate in design reviews, DFMEA activities, root-cause investigations, and failure analysis of product or manufacturing issues.
• Work with suppliers and internal manufacturing teams on tooling, part feasibility, manufacturability, process capability, and corrective actions.
• Support process optimization and continuous-improvement initiatives for product assembly and manufacturing processes.
• Prepare and update test reports, engineering drawings, specifications, technical documentation, and engineering-change records.
• Collaborate with R&D, optical, electrical, manufacturing, quality, purchasing, and product engineering teams.
• Perform hands-on lab work, data analysis, engineering calculations, and structured problem solving.

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering or an equivalent technical background.
• 3-5 years of experience in Manufacturing preferred.